Overtire



Patented ct 3, 1 50 Thispresent invention relates to an overtire for pneumatic or solid tires and ha's for a purpose the' provision of efacient, inexpensive and Sin1ple Ineans whereby the life of a tire Inay be lengthened Another object Of the invention is the provision of an overtire that Inay be put on the tire after deating the latter Within a' short time and by a person having 1ittle, if any Skil1 and without 8Tnoothing or treating the tire 0I' cen1enting it It iS a further object of the invention to provide an oveftire tha't 1T1ay with ease be renoved froIn a tire or be changed to another tire Another object of the invention is the provision bf an overtire that can be used on tires unt for recapping and will add strength to the saIne.

The invention resides in the construction, con bination and arrangenlent of parts as fully set forth herein and particularly pointed out in the appended olains.

vith these objects alld othel' objects which will becone apparent froIn the following disc10- sure, in view, the preferred embodhnent of my invention vvill be fully desc1`ibed and illustrated in the drawings in Which:

'igure 1 is a front view of a tire pa^tially covered vvith the overtire;

Figure 2 is a Side view of the1atter;

Figure 3 iS an enlarged transvefse section through a tire and the overtire partially covering the same;

Figure 4 iS a section at right angles to the axis of the overtire;

Figure 5 is a section on line 0f igure Figure 6 iS a detail view of the band from which the lugs are punched1aid out 1at;

Figure 7 is a' detail view of a' n10difled. form of lug structure In the drawings in Which like reference characters designate like or Si1i1a1' parts, nulnera1 2 denotes genera11y the overtire constituting the en1bodilnent of Iny invention' Figure 3 shows the overtire to have the genera1 Shape of a channe1 including a pair of Wa11s 3 that diverge froTn one another inward1y or toward the axis of rotation of the whee1 and extend only across a portion of the side of a tire' The channel walls and the web l connecting the outer edges of the wa11s are made fron1 the same n1ateria1 and by substantia1 ly the same Inethod that a1e used in nlaking the tire portions covered thereby and are reinforced by cords 5' The inner edge 0f each vvall is forned into a bead 6 reinforced by a wire or si...rong cord. Fron1 the outer surface 0f the tread 8 extend lugs 9. The 1atter are of rectangular 2 shape and are produced by statnping out of aa strip the three sides of a rectangle and then bend ing the stanlped out parts outwardly on one side The length of the strip equa1s the outer circuln ference of the web. The strip with the lugs stanlped out is bent into a circle having the lugs on the outer side and the ends are welded together ''he ring is placed around the vveb por tion of the overtire and n101ded to the latter in such a] way that groove H reInain out of which the lugs extend ('igures 3, 4) beyond the un gf00ved portions of the tread 8. "The lugs thus disposed enhance the dura,bility of the overtire and furnish thenecessary traction.

Figure 7 showS a n10dified form of lugs. Par allel wires l2 3l'e surrounded by coiled Ineta1 Strips l3 and are embedded in the moulded portion, S0 that the strips extend beyond the outer surface since the overtire Wil1 be Tnade in only one size fGr each Size 0f tire, it will probably be necessary t0 use a 1lle1' between a badly Worn tire and the inner surface of an 0vertire. such a fille1' could be made from low grade rubber or rubber rein forced by cords It will, Of course, be undeStood that various changes nlay be Inade in the forlT1, details, ar rangenlent and proportions of the various parts without departure fronl the spirit oI' scope of the invention as dened in the appended c1ai!ns.

vvha I Clain and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An overtire for au pneutnatic tire colnprising a channe1 section including a reinforced web and side vvalls extending therefro!n for covering the tread and outer side portions of the tire, a tread Inolded to the outer surface of the channel web and having a plurality of circunferentia1 gr00ves, and a plurality of lugs en1bedded in the tread beneath said gr00ves and eXending radial ly to beyond the outer Surface of the tread and disposed transversely of the grooves 2. "n overtire for a pneunlatic tire c0nl )Tising a channe1 Section including a' reinforced web and sidewalls extending therefrom fo!' covering the tread and outer side portions of the tire, a tread n101ded to the outer surface of the channe1 Web and having a plurality of circuInferentia1 gr00ves, and a plurality of integra11y fonned, 10ngitudina1 ly Spaced 111gsenbedded in the tread beneath said gr00ves and extending Tadia11y to beyond the outer surface 0f the tread and disp0sed trans[ versely of the gr00ves 3. An overtire for a pneunatic tire con]prising a channe1 section including'a reinforced web and Slde walls extending therefron1 for covering the tread and outer side portions of the tire, aL tread n1olded to the outer surface of the channel vveb and having a plurality of circumferentia1grooves and an equal plurality of lug rings, one for each groove, embedded in the tread between the outer slrface of the web and the botton1 of the groove and each ring having integra1 1ugs extending transversely of the groove and projecting rada1ly to beyond the outer surface of the tred, said lugs being of a width equal t0 tha of the tread grooves for engaging the side walls there0f.

A neumatic tire tread havin a pluralit of circu!nferentia1grooves extending therearound and opening outward1y thereof and a pluralit of l lugs en1bedded in the tread beneath said grooves and projecting radially outwardly through the grooves to beyond the outer surface of saiid tread,

said lu s bein dis osed transverse1y of the grooves and being each 0f a Width to engage both side walls of the groove in Which it is dis osed. PHILIP I. TOLBERT.

EFEEENcES OITED The fouowing references are ofrecord in the nle of this pa"tent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 0 Number Name Date 1 05 980 Morgan 1`/Iar 4, 1913 1,70,616 Midg1ey Dec` 2 1929 2 190 l42 nSe1 Feb 13, 1940 2,262,39 vvebster Nov. 11 194:1

FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 69,658 Great Britain 1937 35 919 F'rance 1912 

